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Wicks Organ Co. Opus 6419 (2004)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
129 South Park Street
Kalamazoo, MI

Images

2011-06-30 - Church Exterior (back) (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2011-06-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
71 stops
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-11-27 - Identified through on-line information from John Gouwens. -- This organ was from a brief period when Wicks was attempting to return to the style of organs they built in the 1930s with Vincent Willis. There were reportedly just four large organs that resulted from that initiative before there was a parting of ways, and the tonal people involved formed another company. This is an astoundingly convincing re-creation of a Willis-style "English" organ, and in fine acoustics, to boot! The organ is in its original home, but it includes seven ranks from a mostly-vandalized Austin that preceded it. -Database Manager

2011-07-02 - The Subterranean Tuba, on 20" of wind, is located in the basement and speaks through the floor behind expression shades. The organ also includes several ranks of pipes from the church's previous Austin organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console (June 30, 2011) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kalamazoo, Michigan
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Wicks Organ Company    Opus 6419    45 ranks    2004
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GREAT:                           CHOIR: (enclosed)
   16' Violone                       8' Violin Diapason
    8' First Open Diapason           8' Melodia
    8' Second Open Diapason          8' Muted Viol *
    8' Violoncello                   8' Viol Celeste [TC] *
    8' Bourdon                       4' Octave 
    8' Harmonic Flute                4' Magic Flute
    4' Principal                 2 2/3' Gemshorn Twelfth 
    4' Night Horn                    2' Tapered Fifteenth
    4' Flute Octaviante              2' Recorder
2 2/3' Twelfth                   1 3/5' Seventeenth
    2' Fifteenth                     8' Trumpet *
    V  Full Mixture                  8' Basset Horn
    8' Tromba [CH]                   8' English Horn 
       Tremolo                       8' Tromba 
       Chimes                        8' Subterranean Tuba [ECHO]
    8' Subterranean Tuba [ECHO]         Tremolo
                                        Harp [in SW] *
SWELL: (enclosed)                       Celesta
   16' Minor Bordun                     MIDI
    8' Horn Diapason    
    8' Stopped Diapason          PEDAL: 
    8' Viola *                      32' Acoustic Bass
    8' Viola Celeste [TC] *         16' Major Bass
    4' Octave Diapason              16' Violone [GT]
    4' Traverse Flute               16' Bourdon [GT]
2 2/3' Flute Twelfth                16' Minor Bourdon [SW]
    2' Harmonic Piccolo              8' Principal
    V  Chorus Mixture                8' Violoncello [GT]
   16' Waldhorn                      8' Stopped Flute [GT]
    8' Cornopean                     4' Fifteenth
    8' Oboe                         32' Double Trombone
    8' Vox Humana                   16' Trombone
    4' Clarion                       8' Subterranean Tuba [ECHO]
       Tremolo                       8' Tromba [CH]
    8' Subterranean Tuba [ECHO]      8' Trumpet [CH]
       MIDI                          4' Tromba Clarion [CH]
                                     4' English Horn [CH]
ECHO: (enclosed/floating)               Chimes [GT]
    8' Open Diapason *                  MIDI
    8' Chimney Flute * 
    4' Octave Diapason *
    4' Flute *
       Tremolo                       * from 1929 Austin organ
    8' Subterranean Tuba

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 2, 2011]

Websites

Wicks Organ Company [Opus 6419 page] - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#13508†* - Austin Organ Co. Opus 1514 (1928)